Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-07
MINING NOTES.

Messrs. Pete Conway, DR.. Holmes
and 8. Narchssssau are receiving con.
g~ratulaticns upon having made q
rich strike in tho Mountain Lion
Tunnel, Horse Canyon. After boring the
tunnel 600 feet. the lead was encountered
on Friday afternoon. showing up . four.
foot body Of exceedingly rich ore. Samples
taken from all over the face show up an
average Of 600 ounces OF silver per ton.
being made within q radius OF q few miles
from the center OF Butte. it il evident that
prospecting 10 only fairly begun.
The announcement by the Lexington
Company OF their intention to sink to the
1000 foo level, will be hailed with general
satisfaction. There 10 enough ore above
the 1000 to keep all the reduction works
in Montana in full operation for several
generations to come. When it il demon.
strated by deep workings that the ore
leases will be moro common than now.
Superintendent Tibbey reports the Par
rot az showing up a. we'll as it ever did in
all the various levels. The supply OF ore
in sight 10 sufficient IL justify the belief that
this mine will continue ito regular output
throughout the next century.
In answer to the rumor that the n
conda would have to shut down for rant
oil timber, q train OF sixteen cars OF timber
arrived At the mine last evening. This
supply will last for some time, and it 10 not
likely that such . contingency will again
occur.
It i. occasionally stated by outsiders
that the deep workings in the Anaconda
mipe proved that no pay ore existed at .
depth Of 1000 feet. The construction OF
tho immense new works at Anaconda Is
sufficient rsfutation OF that statement.
Those works were not built for fun, and
will continue ia reducs Anaconda ores
until the workinss get down to where the
heat kills all but salamanders.
Captain J. c. Ks-r, OF Flathsad Lake.
aays . large number OF coal seams have
been discovered during the fall, on the
various forks OF Flathead river. Some OF
the samples brought into the settlements
are OF very ine quality. and the indicatione
are that some very valuable deposits oil
btu coal will be opened up next
year. Several of the large seams are
Ignite, but there 10 . large area Of country
underlaid with the coal, some OF which, IN
the mountainous regions, IN subjected to
great pressure, and will prove OF great
value to the surrounding mining regions.
Denver Republican: The typical old
time prospsctor 10 becoming scarce in Colo
RADIO. a3d il now rarely met with except IN
| the frontier camps. There Wal q time. and
not many years past, when all tho large
towns in tho State were filed at this time
Of tho year with returning prospectors
| Who were driven in from the mountains by
the first heavy snow falls. Now, however
| isw of this character OF people are to b
aeep, even in the outlying towns ot Lead
| Vile. GEORGETOWN AID Gunnison. Ih'
business OF prospecting has experienced Al
evolution during the past few years tina,
is often commented upon BY I'd
pioneers OF the State. In years past it wa
customary for the restless and adventur
GUS spirits to take to the mountains ever.
spring, ostensibly to prospect Tor veins o
snriiarous placers. Those who could not
sunplv themselves with the necessary pro
visions and pack burros were 'grn'
staked." and it was indeed q luckless ielio'
who could not secure enough grub u
take him to the nearest loot hills an.
allow him to live q comfortable camp III
for a few months. 1t was In this way tina
the remote sections were opened up an
the resources OF the State discovered an
brought to notice.
Gradually the entire country was prstt.
thoroughly gone over, and proepeeting o
general principles, or wherever fancy m'g1
sueeest. has been abandoned. The al
round prospector has been relegated, an
more systematic methods ' bee
adopted in the search for orc: 1t 10 y
Longer expected that q man will penetrat
unknown regions and stumble upon oonai
zas unawares. To prospect now means :
On out to some defined spot. usually nea
The railways, where the ore, If any 30 81
eountered. can be shipped to market. an
there prospect q vein by digging into It. {
sinkine a shaft in search OF q deposit hke'
To he encountered, on account Of the II
vorable geological formation. The ca
aca nsed 10 getting TO the place. and th
davs of the prospector are Employ
, in drilling and picking. instead
, aimlessly wandering over mountains an
through puiches and parks with an eye !
. the next good camping place, posslo'y o
7 fore the smoke OF the last camp nre y,
. iGse e n me- cd from view. Then, too, Il
Ssn.h nj the shaft or lensth OF the tunn
must bear witness to the amount o. W..
: done. and not q inc a. "a"
: ov.r q soiled map, to show an aIleeeo 1Ia
. clad route. No, the old-time
i "a a class are rapidly dying o in Coiot
: do. and those who follow it nov snou
. he classed rather a. miners tnan Pre-
= Tectors. for as miners they have q hA
pnrnose and a determination TO aSco'
pplish something, which could not 1--WE
he arid of m my OF the men VINO regaro
8 oll m.terial gold that g'ittereo' ano W.
. whom the greatest strike was a sucAel a"
). was willing to grub'stake them'
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